Description: This article gives readers an introduction to Microinsurance.

Description: An update on developments within the SOA Ambassador Program up to December 2015.

Description: This presentstion is about acccounting standards around the world for retirement plans and postemployment benefits. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 19, No. 4B.

Description: Presented at May 1996 Spring Meeting. Highlights objectives of the IFAA, the relationship with its 43 member actuarial associations, and current issues under consideration, including: international accounting standards for retirement benefits, other employee benefit costs, and a possible new global education syllabus for actuaries after 2005.

Description: Presented at May 1996 Spring Meeting. Discusses the insurance product development environment in various international markets with emphasis on both current and future trends.

Description: Panelists discuss Lloyd's of London, its past difficulties, and its future role in the reinsurance market. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 1.

Description: 1994 SOA Spring Meeting, Orlando. This session is a brief summary and discussion comparing the role of the appointed actuary in different countries including the following: 1. Responsibilities. 2. To whom does the appointed actuary report? 3. Who sets the rules/standards? 4. Potential personal liabilities. 5. How well is the system working?

Description: John Shuttleworth explains why our exam syllabus needs updated and shares examples of inconsistencies in the material and actual financial economics. Edward Friend responds to this article.

Description: Feature article discussing the 2009 price action - periods of extreme distress and incredible euphoria across the global financial markets. The reversals experienced from asset class lows to their highs have not been seen in decades.

Description: Complete monograph: Actuarial Consideration in Insurance Mergers and Acquisitions, M-FI03-1. This paper presents a broad overview of the actuarial considerations of insurance company transactions in developing countries, identifying both theoretical and practical issues that need to be addressed when trying to assess the potential value of a multi-national insurance transaction.